Window-washer.



Patented May 2|, |90l.

.1. ELLIS. WINDOW WASHER.

(Applichtion led June 6, 1900.)

(No Modal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHINE'ELLIS, OF PENN YAN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW- WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,366, dated May 21,1901.

Application filed .T une 6, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JosEPHINE ELLIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Penn Yan, in the county of Yates and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Window-Washer, of which the following is aspecication.

The invention relates to improvements in window-washers.`

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwindow-washers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientdevice adapted to enable a cloth to be readily applied to it withoutemploying clamping devices and capable of spreading the cloth and ofholding the same in convenient position for washing windows.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a window-washerconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

l designates an approximately oblongframe composed of longitudinal sideandcentral wires 2 and 3 and connecting end wires Iand adapted toreceive acloth 5 and hold the same in position for washing a window orother surface. The frame is set at an angle to a handle 6, and the clothis doubled around the inner side of the frame and extended beneath thecentral wire 3 and over the outer side, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, andthe outer portion is adapted to lie. against the outer face of the framewhen the device is in use. By this construction the cloth is not only securely' held on the frame, but it is arranged in convenient position foruse. The frame is connected with the handle by diverging arms 6a, eachof which is substantially L-shaped, the outer portions being shorterthan the inner portions and beingarranged at an obtuse angle to thesame, as shown in Fig. 2. The

Serial No. 19,289. (No model.)

inner portions of the armsare connected together and with the shank ofthe hook 8 to form the shank 7 of the device. The shank 7 ofthe deviceis embedded in the handle, and it is provided with a screw formed bytwistingone of its wires and adapted to enable the said shank to bereadily screwed into and out of the handle for detachably connecting thelatter with the frame. By this construction handles of different lengthsmay be readily applied to the frame. The bill of the hook is bentoutward and arranged adjacent to the handle, which may be employed as aconvenient means for practically closing the mouth of the hook to retainanything in engagement with the same. The hook is designed to hold thecloth when the device is employed for washing windows, and it willprevent a wet cloth from swinging around when the device is beinghandled, especially when the device is removed from a window for thepurpose of wetting the cloth or for wringing it out.

It will be seen that the window-washer is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is strong anddurable, and that thecloth is secured to the 'frame without the aid of clamping devices andthat the said frame spreads and holds the cloth in position foroperating on windows.

What is claimed is- A device of the class described comprising a handle,a pair'of approximately L-shaped arms diver-ging from the handle andhaving their inner portions forming a shank, the angularly-disposedoblong frame rigid with the arms and provided with the central and sidewires, and a hook arranged at the shank of the arms and extendingbetween the same and having its bill located adjacent` to the end of thehandle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPIIINE ELLIS.

Witnesses:

W. K. SHERMAN, E. D. ROSE.

